- 1939 – Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
- 1941 – Joan Fontaine – Suspicion
- 1942 – Greer Garson – Mrs Miniver
- 1946 – Olivia de Haviland – To Each His Own
- 1949 – Olivia de Haviland (again) – The Heiress
- 1951 – Vivien Leigh (again) – A Streetcar Named Desire
- 1964 – Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
- 1965 – Julie Christie – Darling
- 1969 – Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- 1970 – Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
- 1973 – Glenda Jackson (again) – Touch of Class
- 1989 – Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy
- 1992 – Emma Thompson – Howards End
- 2006 – Helen Mirren – The Queen
- 2008 – Kate Winslet – The Reader
- 2019 – Olivia Colman – The Favourite